Tor Books is thrilled to announce the acquisition of four books from Hugo Award-winning author Amal El-Mohtar—two novels, one novella, and one short story collection—sold on exclusive submission to Ali Fisher, Executive Editor, at Tor Books by DongWon Song, Literary Agent at the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency, for world English rights.
El-Mohtar’s new novella, a fierce reworking of a 17th century murder ballad about sisters, willows, and swans, is slated for release in Fall 2024 with the rest to follow.
From author Amal El-Mohtar:
When DongWon sent my novella manuscript to Ali Fisher a few weeks ago, none of us had any idea of the interesting times we’d all soon be living in. I first got a teaser of how wonderful it is to work with Ali when she invited me to write an introduction to Tor’s reissue of Ursula K. Le Guin’s Worlds of Exile and Illusion, and I’ve been crossing my fingers hoping to get to partner with her on a fiction project ever since—and now we get to do so on multiple projects, short and long, for years to come! I couldn’t be more thrilled.
From literary agent DongWon Song:
I’ve had the distinct pleasure of working with Amal for several years due to her award-winning short fiction and I could not be more excited to finally be part of bringing her full-length solo work into the world.
From Tor Books Executive Editor Ali Fisher:
Amal El-Mohtar has a voice from another, better world. Her writing is an irresistible glowing doorway—you know whatever’s on the other side will change you, but there’s no hesitation in turning the handle and passing through. I’m overjoyed to be working with Amal on these projects!
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Amal El-Mohtar writes fiction, poetry, and criticism. She won the Hugo, Nebula, and Locus Awards for her 2016 short story “Seasons of Glass and Iron” and again for her 2019 novella This Is How You Lose the Time War, written with Max Gladstone, which also won the BSFA and Aurora awards and has been translated into over ten languages. Her reviews and articles have appeared in the New York Times and on NPR Books. She lives in Ottawa, Canada. Her website is amalelmohtar.com.
